Mental Shock

It has been many years since I was thrown into the cell My sentence was electrocution when the gavel fell The clock is slowly getting closer to that final time Strapped into the chair and punished for false crimes My last meal is getting colder But I have no appetite I look down the hall at the impending doom That waits for me this very night My last rites are read by the pastor As if I had rights from the start I'm moments away before they strap me in And voltage will flow through my heart The warden straps me in Flashes me a twisted grin No last words for me to say I know my life will end For something that I never did Death is just a switch away A victim's family cheers A killer has been free for years I'm punished for another's crimes My time is finally up I guess i'm just a victim of the wrong place at the wrong time The Ripper runs wild through the streets While I sit here inside a cell A judicial system's deadly mistake A psychopath out free to kill Poor lawyers and poor evidence And witnesses appeared and lied These fools will take years to see their mistakes And I will be long gone and fried Mental Shock All appeals denied Mental Shock It's me they want to die Mental Shock Nothing lasts forever Mental Shock Until they pull the lever The current shoots through as I begin to convulse A fate that should be for somebody else Electrified brain shoots straight through the eyes And justice is served while innocence dies